The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa traditionally requests parishes to conduct second collections on various select occasions and reasons including on Good Friday, Mission Sunday, etc.  Through the generosity of the entire Catholic faithful in the CNMI, the following amounts were collected and remitted:                                                                              2021                         2020 Good Friday/Lenten collection               $ 5,546.39                    $

November is the month when Catholics share food items with brothers and sisters in need.Bring your groceries (not perishables, not outdated) to your churches; they will benefit theDiocesan ministries undertaken by Karidat. Many will be distributed around Thanksgiving Day, Nov.25.

Following the liturgical guide of the Church and our cultural practice of celebrating Mass every first Monday of the month at the cemetery, please note on the following schedule for Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 celebrations at the Chalan Kanoa Mt. Carmel Cemetery: November 1, First MondayMass at the Cemetery at 5:30 PM November 2,

His Excellency, Most Rev. Ryan P. Jimenez, DD of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, announces the following appointments effective Sunday, October 24, 2021, World Mission Sunday. Rev. Fr. Albert A. Pellazar, OARParochial Administrator of San Francisco de Borja and San IsidroIsland of Rota Rev. Fr. Jayferson Baldelovar, OAR Parochial Vicar of San Francisco de Borja

Bishop Ryan is one of the panelists at a 2021 Mission Bishops’ Conference in Chicago, Illinois. This conference is organized by the Catholic Extension, a funding agency organization that helps mission dioceses throughout the United States and its territories. (Photos taken by Odette Barrientos, Catholic Extension Staff.)

Karidat Executive Director Ms. Lauri Ogumoro receives a check from Bishop Ryan Jimenez and Fr. Michael Linden, S.J. of the Diocesan Ministry on Social Justice and Outreach amounting to $4,652.75 representing the sum of donations offered by the faithful of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa during a special collection conducted around the parishes last May

On the Second Sunday of Lent, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa mandated a special collection toaid the Karidat programs that help unemployed and needy households, and especially for thosebadly affected by the shrinking of the economy due to COVID-19. Instead of the Lentencollection for internal use for the Bishop’s Charities, Most Rev. Ryan Jiminez, D.D.

The Church makes use of three holy oils: the oil of the sick, the oil of the catechumens and the holy chrism oil. The first two are blessed, and the bishop consecrates the third, ordinarily during the annual Chrism Mass. Each has a distinctive purpose in the Church. Oil of the Sick The oil of

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CATHEDRAL HOLY WEDNESDAY Chrism Mass – 7 PM HOLY THURSDAY Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 6 PM (Cathedral will be open for Eucharistic Adoration and Bisita Iglesia until 11 pm. Sacrament of Confession will be available) GOOD FRIDAY Seven Last Words (English) 12 Noon Stations of the Cross (Chamorro)